West Ukrainian People's Republic

The West Ukrainian People's Republic (ZUNR) was a short-lived republic that existed in the western Ukraine, with its capitals being Lviv and Ternopil. The nation was ruled by socialists and liberals who were opposed to the Bolsheviks of the Russian SFSR and the nationalists of Poland, and the ZUNR fought against both of them during its existence from 18 October 1918 to July 1919. Poland took over the republic during the Polish-Ukrainian War, and Lviv, Ternopil, and Ivano-Frankivsk would become Lwow, Tarnopol, and Stanislawow, respectively, and would remain as such until 1945.